Four questions about a foreign asset you never put in Schedule FA tell you whether you owe a flat Rs 1,00,000 or 60% of value. Runs in your browser. No upload.

₹1 lakh or ₹24 lakh on the same ₹40 lakh holding. Four questions decide which — find out before you open the portal.

v3.3 — income you enter as never offered to tax is now always priced as Category A (a hidden default used to drop it); a consultation link on Category B and over-cap endings; dated rules line; no sideways scroll on a phone; the sample's assets no longer stay in your total. The AIS line now says CY2025 foreign-asset data was expected in September–October and is not confirmed as displayed at 1 November; the 31 December window is unchanged.

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FAST-DS 2026 Route Resolver

by CA Karan Gupta

₹1 lakh or ₹24 lakh on the same ₹40 lakh holding. Four questions decide which — find out before you open the portal.

Last statutory update: 4 Nov 2026 — v3.3 — income you enter as never offered to tax is now always priced as Category A (a hidden default used to drop it); a consultation link on Category B and over-cap endings; dated rules line; no sideways scroll on a phone; the sample's assets no longer stay in your total. The AIS line now says CY2025 foreign-asset data was expected in September–October and is not confirmed as displayed at 1 November; the 31 December window is unchanged.

Read the note: FAST-DS 2026: four questions decide ₹1 lakh or 60% of the asset

Statutory context

Foreign Assets of Small Taxpayers – Disclosure Scheme, 2026 (FAST-DS): Finance Act 2026 Chapter IV ss.130–144; Rules by Notification 114/2026 dated 14 August 2026; window 16 August 2026 to 31 December 2026; valuation date 31 March 2026. Category A is undisclosed and unexplained; Category B is explained but unreported. Caps (₹1 crore / ₹5 crore) are tested separately. The per-declaration versus per-asset reading of the ₹1,00,000 Category B fee is shown as a range. Confirm the live portal before you file.

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